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The superior vena cava collects blood from upper extremities and carries the deoxygenated blood to the right auricle/atrium of the heart.
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What vein does the brachiocephalic drain into?
Superior vena cava.
Is the pulmonary largest vein?
The largest vein is the Vena cava...Superior and Inferior.
The hepatic vein enters what blood vessel?
inferior vena cava
What vein is missing from this order right subclavian vein and superior vene cava?
Right brachiocephalic
How does venous blood return from the azygos system to the heart?
The azygos vein and the hemiazygos vein drain into the superior vena cava. The blood will then travel from along the superior vena cava to enter the right atrium.
What are the two large veins that bring blood into the right atrium?
The Largest Vein in the Heart is the Coronary Sinus, which runs in the atrioventricular groove around the posterior and lateral aspect of the Right Atrium. The Second largest vein in the heart is the Great Vein which lies anteriorly and runs with the Left Anterior Descending or Anterior Interventricular Artery, commonly referred to as the LAD or widow maker.
What is vein that collects most of the venous blood from below the diaphragm is the?
superior vena cava
What does the medical term cava mean?
Medically speaking, cava is a word component of superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.Of Latin origin; vena means vein, and cava means hollow. Vena cava means hollow vein.
What vein empties into the right side of the heart?
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava
The blood supply returns from the legs through the?
superior vena cava vein.
What major vein leads into upper right atrium?
Superior Vena Cava
What vein drains the thorax and empties into the superior Vena Cava?
azygos v.
